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Palimpsests, biographies of 50 city districts : international case studies of urban change / Paul L. Knox.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology, Urban--Europe.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Sociology, Urban--North America.
- Cities and towns--Europe.
- Cities and towns.
- Cities and towns--North America.
- Urbanization--Europe.
- Urbanization.
- Urbanization--North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Palimpsests, biographies of fifty city districts
- Place of Publication:
- Basel : Birkhauser, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Knox' Untersuchung vor Ort bringt 50 besonders signifikante "City Districts" aus ganz Europa und Nordamerika in Wort und Bild zur Darstellung. Seine Feldforschung konzen-triert sich auf typologisch herausragende Stadtteile, die eine ganz ausgeprägte Individualität entwickelt haben.Städte sind die Symbiose von verschiedenartigen Quartieren: die kleineren Einheiten erfüllen für die Bewohner eine wichtige identitätsstiftende Funktion: Geschäfts- und Unterhaltungsviertel wie etwa die City und Theatreland in London, Technologie- und Wissenschaftsbezirke (Adlershof in Berlin), Designerviertel wie die Zona Tortona in Mailand und der Fashion District in New York.Auch die Umwandlung von Industriebrachen und Neugründungen, geprägt durch einen übernationalen Kapitalismus oder durch eine nachhaltige, beziehungsweise fragwürdige Planung - etwa das Vauban-Wohnquartier in Freiburg in Breisgau oder das Lower Ninth District in New Orleans -, spielen eine große Rolle. Paul Knox analysiert immer auch, wie und warum diese Stadtteile zu dem geworden sind, was sie heute sind - ihre sichtbare und oft auch versteckte, verwischte "Biografie". Eine spannende Reise durch Raum und Zeit!
- Knox' in-situ studies present 50 especially significant city districts from the whole of Europe in words and pictures. His field research focuses on typologically outstanding city districts that have developed a high degree of individuality.Cities are the symbiosis of diverse districts: the smaller units serve to provide an important identity function: business centers and amusement districts such as the City and the West End in London, technology and science quarters (Adlershof in Berlin), designer districts such as the Zona Tortona in Milan and the Fashion District in New York. Two other factors that play a major role are the conversion of industrial wastelands and new districts colored by a supranational capitalism or a sustainable or dubious planning - such as the Vauban residential quarter in Freiburg in South Germany or the Lower Ninth District in New Orleans. Paul Knox also always analyzes how and why these districts have turned out the way they are: outlining their visible and also their hidden and often blurred "biography". A fascinating journey through space and time!
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Cities and Their Districts
- Abandoibarra, Bilbao
- Adlershof, Berlin
- Ancoats, Manchester
- Belgravia, London
- Boundary Street Estate, London
- Bournville, Birmingham
- Bryggen, Bergen
- Cary, Raleigh
- The City, London
- Dorchester, Boston
- Eastern Harbour, Amsterdam
- Encino, Los Angeles
- False Creek, Vancouver
- Fashion District, New York
- Forest Hills Gardens, New York
- The Ghetto, Venezia
- Grands Boulevards, Paris
- Greenbelt, Maryland
- Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Hoxton, London
- Hufeisensiedlung, Berlin
- Isle of Dogs, London
- Kentlands, Gaithersburg
- The Kuip, Gent
- La Défense, Paris
- Levittown, New York
- Little Saigon, Los Angeles
- The Loop, Chicago
- Lower 9th District, New Orleans
- Le Marais, Paris
- Mission District, San Francisco
- New Town, Edinburgh
- Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia
- Pike Place, Seattle
- Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
- Quadrilatero della moda, Milano
- Riverside, Chicago
- Scharnhauser Park, Stuttgart
- Schöneberg, Berlin
- Shaw, Washington, D.C.
- South Beach, Miami
- South Park, Charlotte
- Spitalfields, London
- Temple Bar, Dublin
- Theatreland, London
- Trastevere, Roma
- Tysons Corner, Virginia
- Quartier Vauban, Freiburg im Breisgau
- Zähringerstadt, Bern
- Zona Tortona, Milano
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-0346-1212-5
- OCLC:
- 822025022
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